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Live from Orlando, it’s Science Night Live!

Next Event: Saturday, February 21, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.

It’s an “adult swim” of the science variety! An evening reserved only for adults, enjoy everything you love about Orlando Science Center with grown-up-inspired programming:

Special presentations

View stars and planets through the giant refractor telescope in the Crosby Observatory

Experience 3D films in the Digital Adventure Theater: A National Geographic Experience

Conduct lab experiments in Dr. Dare's Laboratory

Participate in Science Trivia

Delight in food and adult beverages available for purchase

Orlando Science Center has partnered with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences for the first SNL of the year featuring celebrities from the world of forensics including Dr. Henry Lee, Dr. Kathy Reichs, Dr. Bruce Goldberger and local favorite Jan Garavaglia, M.D. (aka Dr. G) as they demystify the forensic sciences. This event is the kickoff to Orlando Science Center’s 60th anniversary celebration.

Guests can also conduct their own crime scene investigations in Dr. Dare’s Laboratory. Play out the role of the forensics expert as you put the clues together using techniques from various forensic disciplines.

And if you're a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you'll enjoy a live riff performance of "This Island Earth" by performers from "It's A Trap," the escape room attraction located in Winter Park.

Experience Science Night Live and reserve your VIP seat for the "Demystifying Forensic Science" presentation for $25. General admission to Science Night Live is $15. Admission includes access to all four floors of exhibits, live programming and activities. The presentation will also be streamed via closed-circuit television in select parts of the building.

Members can always enjoy Science Night Live for FREE. A $10 upcharge applies to reserve a VIP seat to the "Demystifying Forensic Science" presentation. Parking is free in the Science Center parking garage. Dress code is casual attire.

Join us and see how grown-ups do Orlando Science Center!Must be 21 and older.

Science Night Live, Orlando Science Center’s adults-only event, featured world-renowned forensics experts as they demystified the forensic sciences. In addition to having access to all four floors including the observatory, guests also conducted their own crime scene investigations in Dr. Dare’s Laboratory as they took on the role of forensics expert and put together clues using techniques from various forensic science disciplines.

This is how grown-ups do Orlando Science Center when it’s reserved strictly for adults at Science Night Live!

In partnership with the Astronaut Scholarship Fund, guests were able to enjoy presentations from former NASA astronaut Robert L. Crippen and Lockheed Martin’s Jules Schneider, the project manager for NASA’s new human exploration spacecraft. In addition, visitors rocked out to the sounds of live band Beemo; experienced a laser light show in the Dr. Phillips CineDome; discovered the science of sports in “Sportsology”; viewed stars and planets from the Crosby Observatory; conducted lab experiments in Dr. Dare’s Laboratory; delighted in food and adult beverages courtesy of Vital Flair; and so much more!

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